Abu dhabi: Liton Das added another feather to his career by going past Mahmudullah Riyad to hit the most sixes for Bangladesh in the T20 format. The feat came during Bangladesh’s Asia Cup opening game against Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Liton played a match-winning 39 ball-59 runs knock in Bangladesh’s seven-wicket victory, and the innings included six fours and one six. That lone six in the innings was enough to dethrone Mahmudullah from the top position. Mahmudullah, who retired from the T20 format last year, smashed 77 sixes in 141 matches. Liton needed 111 matches to break the record.
Soumya Sarkar was in third place with 55 sixes in 87 matches, while Shakib Al Hasan followed him with 53 sixes in 129 matches. No other batters from Bangladesh have hit 50 sixes so far. Tamim Iqbal, who is in fifth place, hit just 44 sixes in 74 matches.
India’s opener Rohit Sharma is at the top of the ladder in world cricket with 205 sixes in 159 matches. Rohit, who re
tired from the T20 format last year, is still the only cricketer to have hit over 200 sixes in T20 Internationals. However, the name of the batter in the second position is unexpected to some extent. UAE’s Muhammad Waseem is in the second spot with 180 sixes in just 83 matches.